Quick! Space aliens have taken over planet Earth! Between their sneak attacks and human kidnappings, they seem to have dropped something. You think it’s a device that could let you bring fictional characters to life. Time to build an army.

The Soldiers: Katniss Everdeen (The Hunger Games), Rose Hathaway (Vampire Academy), Rachel Buchanan (Spy Goddess).
With a Strigoi ass-kicking dhampir, a sassy yet powerful young goddess, and Katniss freaking Everdeen fighting on our side, there’s no way we could lose!

The Distraction: Taylor (Gone).
Simply strike a random conversation with whatever UFO hugger she pleases then bounce right out after out soldiers sneak in. Foolproof.

The Scouts: Widge (The Shakespeare Stealer) and Evie (Paranormalcy)
Sure, Widge would have to get used to the 21st century before he got to work, but that’s a small price to pay to have him write down the enemy’s word for world plans (assuming the aliens spoke English). As for Evie, you never know if the supernatural are helping the wrong side. Better to be safe than sorry.

The Team Leaders: Albert (Gone) and Elder (Across the Universe)
If you can get a bunch of scared, confused, sometimes powerful kids to go pick cabbage, you can lead an apocalypse team. As for Elder, someone has to be okay with any possible alien technology. Expert? Not by a long shot. Able to calm people down about it? You betcha.

The Strategists: Nicholas Benedict (The Mysterious Benedict Society), Ky (Matched).
One has an IQ higher than a room full of Harvard students. The other can pilot airships, escape if needed, and chances are he’s immune to any alien drugs- it’s his experience and expertise that would lead us to victory.

As my school year comes to a close and I brace myself for upperclassmen-dom (yes, that’s a word now. Deal with it), my dorky group of friends and I have been talking about how we have changed over the past 8 months.

Over and over again people are telling me how much more outgoing I am.

Why am I telling you this? I mean, isn’t this supposed to be a book review blog (ok, that’s only half true now and we all know it)?

*Is unable to think of some witty way to transition into this so just goes for it*

Part of why I think I have gone from super shy and quiet to apparently less so is because of you guys. Wordnothingelse has given me a place to geek out and be weird and it’s okay.

My lordess that sounds cheesy, but the point is there.

I also want to give a little shout-out to my English teacher this year. Mr J, you’re insane and I mean that in the most respectful way I have ever typed on this site. You really encouraged us to express ourselves and get out there this year. I promise not to fizzle during the summer! (or try to climb any walls for that matter.)

Okay, onto crap summer posting…

… it’s not much different than normal. I’ll post whenever something that resembles inspiration pops in my head and fill your Twitter feeds with randomness when it doesn’t.

Peace out and happy summer,

Rebekah aka “Lexibex”

PS- I have no idea if I will be working with Teenreads.com during the summer or not, but will let you know when that information becomes available.

This is just a note to say thank you. You are everything to me- my hero, the person that I can trust no matter what.

So, yeah, I may roll my eyes every time you make a fart joke out in public (wait, was I not supposed to share that?) or complain whenever you make me do something outside my comfort zone. But know what? You do those things because you love me and next thing you know we’re both laughing (often inappropriately) and I’m a better person because of whatever you encouraged me to try.

Point blank, I love you. You’re my best friend and I couldn’t have asked for someone more amazing and dork-tastic to call my mom.

Leonard Peacock is going to kill himself. He knows how (with an old Nazi handgun). He knows when (today, his birthday). He knows what he has to do first (give gifts to the four people that have helped him hold on this long) (oh, and shoot the person that made his life a living hell. Might want to remember that).

FORGIVE ME, LEONARD PEACOCK takes place all in one day as Leonard says his goodbyes. Partly written in footnotes that give more insight to the story and letters from the future (you’ll see), this is easily one of the best books I have read all year.

This is- guilty- my *first time reading anything by Matthew Quick. Let’s just say that if his other works are half as good as this one, I may have a new **favorite author.

FMLP is really fast paced-I read nearly all of it during school one day- for the amount thinking and ***maturity required. I mean, THE BOY IS PLANNING A MURDER/SUICIDE. You need to pay attention, but anyone that is half awake with reading skills above middle school will understand it perfectly well (even if you sometimes wish you didn’t).

FORGIVE ME, LEONARD PEACOCK comes out in August 2013.

Liked FORGIVE ME, LEONARD PEACOCK? You might also enjoy…
IT’S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY by Ned Vizzini

*Ok that was a lie- but the first time I was like 11 and couldn’t even finish it.
**Another lie. That would be like having a favorite way to eat chocolate. Or a favorite book . Or Taylor Swift outfit.
*** Feel free to fake this one.

Imagine never being able to touch a single living thing. Never being able to hug someone or bury your nose in a bunch of roses or kiss the person you loved. Imagine being brought back to life only to bring death to everything that comes in contact with your skin.

Welcome to the life of Ember McWilliams. From the day he little sister, Olivia, brought her back after the car crash that killed her father and drove their mother insane, Ember has been on a strict no-touch policy.

Things only get weirder when the girls are kidnapped and brought to live with a bunch of people with so called ‘gifts’ similar to Olivia’s. Ember isn’t sure who she can trust, and neither will you.

I. Could. Not. Put. This. Down. AT. ALL. Ladies and gentlemen, we have finally found the perfect balance between not-so-human, dysfunctional family crap, mystery, a new fictional crush pour moi, and a bunch of other stuff I’m too lazy to type.

(Or, in short, well written awesomeness.)

Oh, and because I really like to tease you guys, here are a few quotes:“This is your new home,” he said like it explained everything, like he wasn’t delusional, kidnapping freak holding my family prisoner.“Em, if you keep looking at me like that we aren’t going to watch any movie.”I couldn’t move- couldn’t breath as the…

<You know, I was going to say something witty about my jaw hitting the floor at the end of this one, but I think I’ll just leave you hanging with that 😉 >